"no really, i think i might pull through this!"

Externally, this has been a bad week so far. There is roofing going on, on top of my apartment building. Luckily I am not on the top floor, but it's still loud enough. It was scheduled to be finished last Friday, but the roofers were still out there this morning when I left for work. They were also out there on Saturday and Sunday mornings. I did not sleep in this weekend. Nevertheless, I tried to be grateful for what is probably a nice, new roof. Not that I will ever see it, but I can imagine nice things about the roof in my head.

Also this weekend, my garbage disposal backed up all over the kitchen. I had so far put a small amount of soggy cereal, and later some blueberries, down the disposal. I think the backup was due to the numbskull previous tenant--what appear to be garlic peels were included in the backup water. I tried drain-o-ing the clog last night, but the first 1/2 of the bottle didn't seem to do the trick. So I poured the rest in, and it's still sitting the pipes today--I'll probably flush it out when I go home for lunch.

Yesterday when I went home for the evening...I pulled back the curtains that cover the glass doors out to my small balcony, only to see that it was covered in old roof shingles! A loud string of expletives followed, as well as a hasty voicemail to my landlord detailing the mess. So much for trying to be grateful.

And at work today, somebody, somewhere on the project, did something that indirectly broke a ton of stuff which I am directly responsible for. And when I say broke, I mean smashed into subatomic particles. =( So this means that I will be getting yelled at if I don't figure out what happened, very, very soon.

But internally, this has been an ok week so far. For some reason, I am still holding it together and feeling ok. But I did need to whine a little first. =)